C. M. Rubin

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C. M. Rubin ("Cathy") is a child and family health advocate, an author of children's books and non-fiction books, and a producer of factual films. Her fiction books include: Eleanor, Ellatony, Ellencake, and Me, and Ellie: The Perfect Dress For Me. Both books won numerous children's book awards, including the I Parenting Media Award, Family Fun Best Picture Book, Borders Original Voice, Children's Choice Award, Teacher's Choice Award, Bronze Gold Ink Award, and many others. C. M. Rubin's most recent book, The Real Alice in Wonderland -- A Role Model for the Ages, was written with the help of her daughter, Gabriella Rose Rubin. It is a comprehensive biography about the life of her relative, Alice Pleasance Liddell, who was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), and the sequel, Through the Looking Glass (1871). Ms. Rubin is also producing a documentary about the life of Alice Liddell. Prior to becoming an author, she held various development and marketing positions at ITC Entertainment, EMI Films, RCA/Columbia Pictures, and Columbia/Tri-Star Pictures.

C. M. Rubin currently lives in New York City and Fairfield, Connecticut. She was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and was educated in various parts of the world, including Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. C. M. Rubin and her works have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines around the world, including The New York Times, Parent Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, US Magazine, the Hollywood Reporter, and Family Magazine. In addition, she has been a featured guest on radio and television shows, both in the US and the UK.

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The Global Search for Education - Is the AP Worth It?

(18) Comments | Posted May 16, 2013 | 7:57 AM

"Students need to be prepared for the extra work and make sure this fits with their overall schedule and their ability to take care of their health and well-being." --Denise Pope

The College Board has long claimed its gold standard AP Program can...

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The Global Search for Education: Australia - Ticks

(5) Comments | Posted May 9, 2013 | 9:03 AM

"It is imperative that a memorandum of understanding be reached between the key clinical bodies involved with diagnosis and management of this disease. Chronic, not chronic, highly infectious, not highly infectious, tick-borne, arthropod (insect)-borne, sexually transmissible, blood-borne and not." -- Dr. Andrew Ladhams

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The Global Search for Education: UK - Ticks

(2) Comments | Posted May 7, 2013 | 8:15 AM

Some British experts think as many as 20 percent of the UK Lyme disease infections arise from Brits acquiring the disease while vacationing in Lyme disease hot spots such as the United States (New England) and parts of Central Europe. Lyme (Borreliosis), Anaplasmosis /Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella,...

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Reflecting On Teacher Relationships

(9) Comments | Posted May 4, 2013 | 11:42 PM

Click here to read an original op-ed from the TED speaker who inspired this post and watch the TEDTalk below.

I stand before you heavy-hearted and tentative to let go of my second and last child who will graduate high school in just a few weeks...

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The Global Search for Education: Campus Talk

(0) Comments | Posted May 1, 2013 | 11:27 PM

The aim of "Campus" is to allow experts on a diverse range of topics, from neuroscience to eating disorders to cyber-bullying, to share perspectives with educators.

"Campus," an idea born in Finland (the top ranking country in education according to recent international comparisons),...

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The Global Search for Education: Finland -- Ticks

(3) Comments | Posted April 25, 2013 | 10:49 AM

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"Laboratory reports on Lyme Borreliosis cases (based on positive serology) have doubled in 10 years." -- Jarmo Oksi

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans via a tick bite. The CDC (Center for Disease Control) claims that Lyme Borreliosis is the...

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The Global Search for Education: The Netherlands and Ticks

(2) Comments | Posted April 19, 2013 | 11:21 AM

"If chronic or persistent Lyme disease exists, we will need more than antibiotics for treatment. Anti-inflammatory components or anti-cytokine treatment will be options." -- Dr. Leo Joosten

Lyme (Borreliosis), Anaplasmosis /Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella, Tularemia, and more recently, Borrelia...

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ALICE - The Legacy

(3) Comments | Posted April 9, 2013 | 7:53 AM

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Judi Dench and Ruby Bentall in the World Premiere of Peter and Alice

"So long as men can breathe and eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee." - William Shakespeare

Alice Liddell Hargreaves died on...

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The Global Search for Education: A Question of Privacy

(15) Comments | Posted March 18, 2013 | 11:25 PM

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"How ironic it is that our liberal arts and science institutions have long been admired world wide, and yet they now could be undermined from within." -- Howard Gardner

At public universities, it seems generally understood that anything communicated through the university email...

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The Global Search for Education: Health and Education Part 2

(1) Comments | Posted March 13, 2013 | 8:33 AM

"Children with ADHD are typically comparable on estimates of IQ and cognitive abilities, suggesting that their disorder is what is getting in the way of learning." -- Dr. Gregory Fabiano

Inattention and hyperactivity is one of the most common types of mental and...

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The Global Search for Education: Girls

(4) Comments | Posted March 5, 2013 | 7:38 AM

"My argument in favor of educating girls is more practical. We should do it because it is an incredibly powerful tool for ending global poverty." -- Richard Robbins

Girl Rising is the feature film to be released on March 7th, which tells the...

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The Global Search For Education - Give Them Access, They Will Come

(0) Comments | Posted February 28, 2013 | 7:51 AM

Congratulations to Dr. Sugata Mitra on winning the 2013 TED Prize. While I am not entirely sure of what your School in a Cloud model will ultimately look like, allow me to share some thoughts and perspectives as you continue your journey to build it.

After screening the soon...

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The Global Search for Education: Social Learning

(1) Comments | Posted February 21, 2013 | 6:00 AM

"Edmodo has been a platform that can be adapted to any type of classroom in the US and in every part of the world. We already have over 17,000,000 users." -- Crystal Hutter

Have you done your Edmodo, honey?

Yes that's right,...

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The Global Search for Education: Health and Education

(1) Comments | Posted February 11, 2013 | 10:09 AM

"Highly prevalent, specific health problems have powerful effects on students' motivation and ability to learn, and have not been addressed well in our nation's schools." -- Chuck Basch

Today I begin a series of articles to focus on problems that affect our domestic...

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The Global Search for Education: If not the SAT, What?

(9) Comments | Posted February 4, 2013 | 9:37 AM

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"Multiple choice tests have been the dominant type of test in this country since World War I, but that is about to change." -- Roger Benjamin

What if educators were able to assess the 21st century skills that thought leaders in The Global...

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The Global Search for Education: What Is the Fourth Way?

(10) Comments | Posted January 28, 2013 | 8:43 AM

"We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing." --...

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The Global Search for Education: Internet Sharing Programs

(3) Comments | Posted January 21, 2013 | 10:06 PM

"The strength of the Wikiwijs platform is that we are now able to make all learning materials available for all teachers in the entire country to share. Everyone can access the materials through one port of entry." -- Robert Schuwer

The goal of...

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The Global Search for Education: What Will Finland Do Next?

(16) Comments | Posted January 14, 2013 | 9:19 AM

"Finnish schools are fear-free places where children don't need to worry about competition, failure or performance that in many countries are fueled by standardized testing." -- Pasi Sahlberg Photo courtesy of Elvi Rista

Systematic pursuit of children's wellbeing and happiness in secure environments...

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The Global Search for Education: UK on Testing

(0) Comments | Posted January 7, 2013 | 7:05 AM

"The English Baccalaureate has the merits of strengthening the general academic education of lower achieving students and removing useless, mostly quasi-vocational subjects." -- Michael Young

"It is time for the race to the bottom to end. We believe it is time...

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The Global Search for Education: On US Education Problems

(6) Comments | Posted December 20, 2012 | 10:41 PM

"Providing college tuition-free without getting the money back through taxes for the better educated means that the poor end up subsidizing the education of the rich." -- Andreas Schleicher

According to Andreas Schleicher of OECD, the United States is unique among countries in...

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